Pageant Malakouti (season 1)

The first season of Pageant Malakouti premiered in the Nori Islands in August 2016. Twelve drag superstars were selected from around the world to compete for the Malakouti title. The winner of the show, Miss Coco Peru won $25,000, joined Eden xo on her Dirty Blonde headline tour, featured on Pretty Little Liars for one episode and joined the ranks of the Haus of Malakouti.

Contestants

 * The contestant won Pageant Malakouti.
 * The contestants were the runners-up.
 * The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality by viewers.
 * The contestant won a challenge.
 * The contestant was one of the best but did not win the challenge.
 * The contestant was one of the worst but was not in the bottom two.
 * The contestant was in the bottom two.
 * The contestant was eliminated.
 * The contestant did not participate in this episode.
 * The contestant returned as a guest for the finale episode, but was not in the running for the crown.

Lip-syncs

 * The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
 * The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
 * The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two.
 * Neither contestant was eliminated.
 * The contestant was eliminated after the final lip synch.

Episode One: Hands Up, B**ches!
The twelve queens all arrive and eye up their competition, however are made to change into prison uniforms by a group of scantily-dressed policemen. They are then taken to a prison-styled set where they must take part jail themed photoshoot as their congeniality challenge. Magenta Discharge wins the congeniality challenge, receiving a set of MAC cosmetics. Coco Peru and Latrice Royale both agree that Magenta is too young to be on the show, however acknowledge her willingness to learn. For the main challenge the queens must design a jailbird drag outfit. Detox, Joanna, Kim Chi, Cynthia Lee and Vivienne are declared safe, but not before Eden reminds them that being safe will not be enough to win. Miss Coco Peru is praised for her thrilling housewife-in-prison uniform and wins the challenge, however Minnie and Rheaboth both receive praise from the judges too. Kelly Osbourne especially enjoys Minnie's surprisingly racy outfit. Magenta Discharge, Dildora Explorya and Latrice Royale disappoint Eden. Lady Bunny piercingly describes Dildora's outfit as a "not so catty catsuit" due to its seemingly unattractive, and what she ironically describes as "criminal", appearance. Eden questions Latrice's design skills and expresses anxiety towards Magenta's inexperience, finding flaw in her "lacking" outfit. Dildora and Magenta are called up for elimination, in which Magenta delivers a high-energy performance with Dildora lacking. Eden declares Magenta save and Dildora sasahying away.


 * Guest Judges: Petra Mede and Emma Roberts
 * Congengial Challenge: Prison-themed photoshoot.
 * Congenial Challenge Winner: Magenta Discharge
 * Main Challenge: The queens design a jailbird outfit from items provided in a "prison xo essentials" case.
 * Challenge Winner: Miss Coco Peru
 * Bottom Two: Magenta Discharge & Dildora Explorya
 * Lip Synch Song: "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
 * Eliminated: Dildorya Explorya
 * Farewell Message: "YOU'RE ALL BITCHES! jk jk oops ♥"

Episode Two: Dragopolis
For their second congeniality challenge the queens had to display their best runway walk whilst wearing a pair of eight-inch heels provided by Eden. Magenta and Joanna gave the best walks and were therefore made the leaders of the two teams for this week's main challenge: an acting performance in a scene from the sci-fi film Dragopolis (in reference to the 1927 thriller Metropolis). Magenta picks Vivienne, Minnie, Kim and Rhea however is left with Gina. Joanna picks Coco, Latrice, Cynthia and Detox to join her team. During the preparation for their challenge, Gina confronts Magenta for not picking her after being left with what she concludes to be an "abysmal" role. As a result of this, Magenta walks out of the workroom and Rhea decides to assume the group leader role. Rhea gets frustrated with Kim for looking too wooden but Joanna encourages Cynthia to be confident in her abilities, which improves Cynthia's performance as a whole. Vivienne and Minnie read Rhea for picking on Kim, though Rhea defends herself on the basis that she "woke Kim up".

On stage during the judges' critiques, once again Coco is praised for her performance, although receives critique from Kelly for her sci-fi runway presentation. Eden commends Joanna for helping Cynthia during preparations, saying that she had made note of her good deed. Lady Bunny questions why Joanna "didn't just throw her under a bus". Cynthia is also given praise from the judges but Lady Bunny reminds her not to let her runway look fade into the background, suggesting it looks "basic" compared to the other queens' attempts. Coco is announced as the winner and all three queens leave the stage. Gina, Magenta and Kim are not received so highly with the judges. A frustrated Eden informs Gina and Magenta that she will not tolerate personal disputes getting in the way of the competition. She applauds Kim on her runway look and for her effort however reads that she felt too wooden. Kim is asked to leave the stage, leaving Gina and Magenta up for elimination. Eden saves Magenta after the lip sync to The Veronicas' "In My Blood" and Gina is asked to sashay away.


 * Guest Judges: The Veronicas and Louie Spence
 * Congenial Challenge: Contestants show off their runway walk in 8 inch heels.
 * Congenial Challenge Winner: Magenta Discharge and Joanna Ryde
 * Main Challenge: The queens act in a sci-fi movie scene, "Dragopolis".
 * Challenge Winner: Miss Coco Peru
 * Bottom Two: Gina Belle & Magenta Discharge
 * Lip Synch Song: "In My Blood" by The Veronicas
 * Eliminated: Gina Belle
 * Farewell Message: "Good luck ladies, remember we made it!! xx"

Episode Three: Cooking Queens
Following Gina's elimination, Detox calls out Magenta for having been in the bottom two for two consecutive weeks, to which Magenta defends herself on the premises that lip syncing is more valuable than acting in drag. The other queens dismiss this idea, with Coco stating that lip syncing is just a small part of a greater picture in drag.

The next day, the queens enter the workroom to a set of ten plain corsets. Eden is waiting behind one of them and informs them of their congeniality challenge, in which they will have to customise a sultry corset to model, with materials provided by the show. Rhea wins the challenge, giving her a decisive advantage in the main challenge.

The main challenge this week is to create a comedic cooking demonstration, with a recipe assigned by the congeniality challenge winner, Rhea Litré. She assigns the dishes as so: Magenta is upset with being assigned butterscotch ice cream and struggles to come up with any puns. When visiting the workroom, Eden reminds Magenta that she has been in the bottom two twice already and that she has a lot to prove. Magenta promises she will do Eden justice. Once Eden leaves the workroom, Detox chortles that the only reason Magenta is struggling is because she has no experience. Aggravated, Magenta isolates herself from the other queens in order to prepare her cooking tutorial. Joanna too struggles to create comedy from her angel cakes and is embarrassed when she tells Coco one of her jokes but does not make get a laugh out of her.

On set for filming the cooking demonstrations is the iconic Nigella Lawson with Kelly Osbourne, who will both be coaching the queens. Kelly is especially hard on Cynthia during the filming, struggling to find the humour in her pepperoni pizza demo. Both Rhea and Coco prove a hit with Nigella, who individually praises their work after their sessions.

For their runway presentations the queens are asked to wear their best housewife outfits, for the judging panel and guest judges Nigella Lawson and Scott Mills. After watching the cooking videos, Detox, Minnie and Vivienne are announced safe, but not before Detox and Vivienne are warned that they are treading on thin ice with Eden. Scott says his favourite video was Coco's since her humour wasn't as crass as some of the other queen's. Although impressed with Latrice's cooking video, Eden expresses a slight dissatisfaction with her runway outfit. Joanna was scolded for holding back in her video, with Lady Bunny remarking how disappointed she was with such a mediocre performance after last week's killer show. Rhea is announced as the winner of the challenge (winning a cruise to Darkwood) whilst Latrice and Coco are safe. Kim, having been read by the judging panel for not "getting" innuendo, was applauded for her housewife realness outfit. Eden points out that Kim has proved herself as a performer after hosting the Maia Song Contest but that this is not coming across on the show. She is announced safe. Eden reluctantly warns Cynthia that in any other week she would have been in the bottom two, however she is allowed to join the other queens, leaving Magenta and Joanna to lip sync to "Strong Enough" by Cher. Joanna wins the lip sync, leaving Magenta to sashay away.


 * Guest Judges: Nigella Lawson and Scott Mills
 * Congenial Challenge: Customise a sultry corset with basic materials.
 * Congenial Challenge Winner: Rhea Litré
 * Main Challenge: The queens shoot a comedic cooking tutorial video.
 * Challenge Winner: Rhea Litré
 * Bottom Two: Magenta Discharge & Joanna Ryde
 * Lip Synch Song: "Strong Enough" by Cher
 * Eliminated: Magenta Discharge
 * Farewell Message: "good luck girls, cos you're all gonna need it unless yourrr called coco peruviaaaa. congratulations coco cos you'll win hahahaaa - magenta "

Episode Four: Snatch Game
This week the queens arrive in the workroom to prepare for the Pageant Malakouti's first Snatch Game, a RuPaul's Drag Race fan-favourite challenge. The main stage presentation asked for them to display red carpet movie premiere couture. Vivienne wins the congenial challenge, which was to style up a tangled wig as good as possible in a short timespan. She wins a spa trip with one queen of her choice and she picks Minnie. When checking on the queen's progress in the workroom, Eden is impressed by Vivienne's impression of her drag daughter Gia Gunn and informs her that she is expecting for her to make an impact this week. Vivienne promises Eden that she will deliver her best. Meanwhile, Cynthia's Kylie Minogue impression leaves Eden concerned about how she will make the Darkwood-singer funny. As a result, Cynthia switches to do Lindsay Lohan before changing her mind and sticking with Kylie, which the other queens find amusing. On the main stage, Latrice and Detox are announced as safe. From the top three, Minnie is praised for balancing out Hopkins' offensiveness with humour and for having the look on point, whilst Kim is credited for her quick wit despite not having the look down perfectly. Ultimately, Vivienne's Gia Gunn impersonation impresses the judges the most and she wins. Joanna, Coco, Cynthia and Rhea receive critique for their impersonations - with Joanna being read for being "swallowed by the big characters" by Kelly Osbourne, but Coco and Joanna are saved for their stellar runway looks, meaning Cynthia and Rhea have to lip sync to "Altar" by That Poppy. Cynthia is sent home by Eden, with Rhea staying in the competition.
 * Guest Judges: That Poppy & Eli Lieb
 * Congenial Challenge: Style up a scruffy wig and quickly, ready for the red carpet.
 * Congenial Challenge Winner: Vivienne Pinay
 * Main Challenge: Celebrity impersonations in the Snatch Game.
 * Challenge Winner: Vivienne Pinay
 * Bottom Two: Cynthia Lee Fontaine & Rhea Litré
 * Lip Synch Song: "Altar" by That Poppy
 * Eliminated: Cynthia Lee Fontaine
 * Farewell Message: "don't forget my cucu mis amores! you're all so fabuloso, love cynthia #cucu"

Episode Five: Live At The Dragapollo
During the congenial challenge this week the queens were asked to read the other contestants. Eden named Kim the winner of this challenge, much to the annoyance of Vivienne and Minnie who felt as if they had done better. Regardless of this, Kim won a set of Britney Spears' new Private Show perfume. For the main challenge, the queens are asked to perform a stand up comedy routine in front of a crowd of senior citizens and the judges, including guests Britney Spears and Dawn French, who will be coaching the queens. As the winner of the congenial challenge, Kim wins an extra ten minutes with her and will get to decide the running order of the queens. Latrice is sent up first and impresses the crowd with her humour, centred around her being a "head bitch in charge". Next up is Vivienne who disappoints the crowd and the judges with a bland routine. Coco goes next and is critiqued for being too predictable in her routine. She is followed by Detox, who forgets part of the punchline of one of her jokes. Kim follows her and is judged for stumbling over her words too much. Joanna goes after her and is praised for an all-round decent performance. Minnie receives high commendation for making the audience roar with laughter, with Dawn French describing her routine as "bloody brilliant". Closing the show is Rhea, who is also acclaimed by the judges for her performance.

Coco and Joanna are announced as safe after Eden informs them both that she was expecting more this week. The top three is made up of Minnie - who wins on the basis of making Britney Spears cry with laughter - Latrice and Rhea. Detox is reluctantly announced to be safe, making Vivienne and Kim as the bottom two. They perform a lip sync to Britney Spears' "Private Show" which proves to be greatly underwhelming to the judges, receiving no applause from Eden, Kelly or Lady Bunny, who satirically comments "is that it?". Eden eliminates both queens as a result of the disappointing lip sync, much to the surprise of the other queens.
 * Guest Judges: Britney Spears and Dawn French
 * Congenial Challenge: Reading is fundamental
 * Congenial Challenge Winner: Kim Chi
 * Main Challenge: Queens perform a stand up comedy routine in front of a crowd of senior citizens and the judges.
 * Challenge Winner: Minnie Cooper
 * Bottom Two: Vivienne Pinay & Kim Chi
 * Lip Synch Song: "Private Show" by Britney Spears
 * Eliminated:  Vivienne Pinay & Kim Chi
 * Farewell Message — Vivienne Pinay: "Well that was a drama. You are all superstars. Love from Vivi x"
 * Farewell Message — Kim Chi: "Best of luck ladies!! I love you! ♡ Kim Chi "

Episode Six: A Superstar Is a Drag Queen of The World
Arriving in the workroom after the double elimination, Minnie questions Eden's decision to eliminate her friend Vivienne. Coco, however, agrees that both queens deserved to go, much to Minnie's disapproval. Nevertheless, the next day Minnie is eager to keep up her impeccable track record. The congenial challenge this week had the queens pick a puppet from a box representing one of the other queens for them to put on a show with. Minnie wins the congenial challenge with her puppet of Coco. This means she wins help from YouTube personality, singer-songwriter and comedian Taryn Southern in the main challenge, where the queens must write their own song to record in Eden's studio and perform in front of a crowd. As the winner of the congenial challenge, Minnie gets to decide which queen gets which genre. She assigns Latrice funk, which Latrice is unhappy with and confronts her about being "thrown in the deep end". Minnie defends herself on the premises that she thought Latrice would appreciate a genre similar to soul. Joanna is also unhappy with her genre however tries to focus on writing her song to a high quality. During recording, guest judge Kiwebaby guides the queens in the studio and is impressed by Detox's knowledge of the industry, but it worried by Latrice's funk song. During the live lip sync performance, Latrice notably forgets some of her lyrics and is forced to distract the audience with her dancing, which does not impress Lady Bunny. Joanna's punk performance does not receive acclaim from the judges due to its "overly messy" nature. Detox delivers an erotic performance which catches the eye of Kelly, and Minnie has the entire crowd on their feet as she performs her bubblegum number. Rhea disappoints the judges with an underwhelming outfit. The top two consists of Detox and Minnie, with Eden deeming Minnie's performance worthy of the win. Coco is announced as safe once she receives a warning from Eden, resulting in a bottom three consisting of Rhea, Latrice and Joanna. Rhea is read for her "tragic" outfit on the main stage, despite having a decent performance. She is called as safe and leaves the stage, meaning Latrice and Joanna must lip sync to "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)" by Fergie. Latrice delivers a touching performance, receiving a standing ovation from Kiwebaby, and is allowed to remain in the competition, meaning an emotional Joanna is eliminated.
 * Guest Judges: Taryn Southern & Kiwebaby
 * Congenial Challenge: Create a puppet of another queen and put on a show with them.
 * Congenial Challenge Winner: Minnie Cooper
 * Main Challenge: Queens launch their own single and lip sync it to a crowd.
 * Challenge Winner: Minnie Cooper
 * Bottom Two: Latrice Royale & Joanna Ryde
 * Lip Synch Song: "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)" by Fergie
 * Eliminated: Joanna Ryde
 * Farewell Message: "Thank you all for such a grand experience, you're all winners lovelies xxx - JOANNA!"

Episode Seven: Drag Momma's Meeting
For the congenial challenge this week the queens receive training in taking the perfect picture during a photoshoot situation. They then get the chance to actually get their own photo taken and Eden declares Detox's photo to be the best so she wins a cat-walking coaching session with Eden. The main challenge sees the queens paired up with an aspiring young drag queen who they will need to makeover and prepare a dance performance for the judges with. During the dance rehearsals, Detox is concerned that her drag daughter, Vanity Monetta, is not going to be able keep up with the tough choreography and so focuses on making her look complete. Latrice has a better time with her daughter Patty, who is able to keep up with Latrice's choreography ideas and is eager to follow suit into drag. Coco's daughter Pika is also eager to learn the choreography and proves to be a talented dancer, which throws Minnie. At the start of the main performance, Rhea's daughter Jaz has a wardrobe malfunction which sees one of her heels break and Lady Bunny clocks this. Kiwebaby praises Latrice and Patty for their dedication in nailing the choreography and perfecting their resemblance, which Nadia agrees with, saying that their performance was the "most enjoyable". Eden is highly impressed by Coco's work this week, however Latrice's connection with Patty leads her to give Latrice the win. Kelly calls out Detox on Vanity's lack of understanding on the choreography despite her receiving credit for Vanity's look. Eden does, however, criticise Detox for seemingly having focused too much on Vanity's so that her own is lacking. Minnie is read for her look not meshing well with Melaine's by Lady Bunny but is praised for their performance by Kiwebaby and Eden declares her to be safe. The lip sync sees Detox and Rhea perform to Rachel Platten's "Fight Song" in which Rhea is declared victorious, leaving Detox to be sashay away.
 * Guest Judges: Nadia Sawalha & Kiwebaby
 * Congenial Challenge: Receive training from Eden in taking a stellar photo.
 * Congenial Challenge Winner: Detox
 * Main Challenge: Make over newly-adopted drag daughter and perform a dance routine to the judges.
 * Challenge Winner: Latrice Royale
 * Bottom Two: Detox & Rhea Litré
 * Lip Synch Song: "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten
 * Eliminated: Detox
 * Farewell Message: "WELL I've seriously HAD IT!! Kill the competition ♡ DETOX"

Episode Eight: We Own The Night!
The final four queens arrive in the workroom and are greeted by Kelly Osbourne, who congratulates them on making the final four but warns them that everything they do is being assessed to determine as to whether or not they belong in the top three. She announces that the final challenge will be in three parts and in three locations all across Tamukana. The first part will see the queens learn the choreography for the music video to "We Own The Night" by Eden (as Jessie and The Toy Boys), coached by Lady Bunny, followed by the actual filming of the music video alongside Eden. Finally, she informs them that after the filming they will have to participate in a photoshoot to promote Eden's Dirty Blonde tour and celebrate their top four status. Lady Bunny and Kelly Osbourne are both impressed by the queens hard work and Eden decides that all four must lip sync for their lives to "We Own The Night". Eden decides that it is Latrice Royale who must sashay away after a tight lip sync from all four queens. Eden then asks the public to show their support for the queens on social media and announces that the winner will be announced during the reunion episode.
 * Main Challenge: Starring in Eden's music video for "We Own The Night" as well as a photoshoot.
 * Lip Synch Song: "We Own The Night" by Jessie and the Toy Boys
 * Eliminated: Latrice Royale

Episode Nine: Countdown To The Crown
This episode saw a recap of the season's highlights, featuring scenes such as Magenta Discharge's breakdown, Vivienne and Minnie's shade-throwing, the double elimination, Gina and Magenta's fight, Joanna and Detox's conflict in Untucked and more.

Episode 10: The Grande Finale
Wigs are snatched as the queens reunite to discuss all of the season's drama, from its highs to its lows. Dildorda snaps at Lady Bunny for not giving her any constructive criticism however Lady Bunny is highly unapologetic, reading that queens need to live up to her standards, not her go down to theirs. Gina and Magenta apologise to each other for their argument in episode 2 and Magenta shows the world how she has grown as a queen since being on the show. Vivienne and Minnie both apologise to Kim Chi for what they said to her, whilst Detox reads an audience member who shouted "safe" as she is speaking. After performances from each queen in the top three, Eden announces the winner as Miss Coco Peru, who wins $25,000, can join Eden on tour, feature on an episode of Pretty Little Liars and become the first member of the Haus of Malakouti. The other queens congratulate her and she gives a speech to the crowd who respond with a massive round of applause. Magenta Discharge is announced as Miss Congeniality and breaks down in tears of joy as a result. She thanks the show for what it taught her to applause from the audience.
 * Miss Congeniality: Magenta Discharge
 * Runners Up: Minnie Cooper & Rhea Litré
 * Winner of Pageant Malakouti Season One: Miss Coco Peru